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ATTORNEYS F. MANGELS FIGURE May 27, 1924.

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IlVl/E/VTUR Maw A TTOR/VE Y 8 Patented May 27, 1924.

UNITED STATES \VILLIAM FREDERICK MANGELS, OF BROOKLYN, NEXV YORK.

FIGURE.

Application filed January 25, 19522. Serial 110,531,752.

To all whom 2'25 may concern:

Be it known that I, \VILLIAM F. MANGELs, a citizen of the United States,and resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, county ofKings, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Figure,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a figure, and aims to provide a device of thisnature primarily adapted for use in association with amusements, but notnecessarily limited to this particular application.

In connection with carousels and similar devices, it is a wellappreciated fact that it has been customary to provide figures inassociation with the same, such figures usu ally taking the form ofquadrupeds. These figures have usually been constructed of wood, heavilypainted, and varnished to protect the same against splitting, usuallycaused by the action of moisture. In any event, however, due to therather severe usage which these figures receive the limbs and otherparts of the figures have become broken from the main part of the body,and thus it has been necessary to replace the en tire figure to restorethe appearance of the device with which the same is associated, it beingnoted in this connection that these figures, incident to the carvingwhich they necessarily undergo,cost a relatively large amount.

Also, taking for example where the figures are associated with acarousel, it has been usual to provide certain figures which present theappearance of galloping, these figures being supported by a mechanismwhich moves the same with respect to the platform upon which they aresupported, while the other figures have the appearance of beingstationary, the latter being directly mounted upon the platform andimmovable with respect thereto. Now if an operator finds after a certainlength of time that it is desirable for him to utilize more gallopingfigures, or vice versa, it is obvious that it is necessary for him toentirely remove the figures not desired, and to substitute entirely newfigures to provide the result which is to be accomplished. (I

Thus it is a primary object of this inven tion to provide a figure ofany desirable appearance which is particularly adapted for use inassociation with amusement devices, but which may be utilized in anydesirable adaptation, and which may be manufactured for an amount lessthan the amount a wooden figure might be constructed for.

A further object of this invention is the construction of a device ofthe character stated which shall have an extremely pleasing finishedappearance, and which may be formed of a number of interchangeableunits. Thus in the event of a certain part of the figure becomingbroken, the samemay readily be replaced without the necessity offurnishing an entirely new figure.

Still another object of this invention is that of providing afigurewhich, by virtue of its interchangeability will permit the owner thereofto subsequently alter 'the appearance of the figures without discardingthe essential parts of the same, thus further reducing the expense,aside from the fact that when, in adaptations where it is necessary forthe figure to be packed, such as with traveling circuses, the same maybe disassembled to occupy far less space than is now necessary for itsstorage.

Further objects of this invention will be come apparent in the annexedspecification taken in connection with the drawings, which latterillustrate one practical embodiment of the same, and in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a finished figure embodying my improvedconstruction,

Figure 2 is a bottom plan view of the body or trunk of the figure, and

Figures 8 and 4 are sectional side views of a figure embodying myinvention and showing the parts of the same disposed to presentdifferent appearances,

Thus in the embodiment illustrated it will be seen that I have shown thefigure of a horse, and the essence of my invention consists in theprovision of this figure consisting of a number of separate elements,such as a body, limbs, head, saddle, etc., these elements beinginitially provided, and being subsequently assembled to form a unitarywhole.

Thus reference being primarily had to Figure 1 it will be seen that'thereference numeral 5 indicates the body, 6 and 7 the rear and forwardlimbs, 8 the neck and head and 9' the saddle. In practice these elementsare primarily provided in any desirable manner, such as by casting,forming, assembling, etc, and the body, as in Figure 2 is provided withseats 10 and 11, as well as upon a supporting member. An operator is theseats 12 and In a similar manner the head is formed with a seat 14, andthe forward legs are formed with seats whilenow free to place his arminto the interior of the body so that by means of any suitable type oftool he may secure the seat 14 of the head 8 to the seat 12 of the body,the retention of the elements in this position being effected by anysuitable securing means such as bolts 17. Similarly the legs 6 and 7 mayhavertheir seats 15 and 16 brought to bear against the seats 10 of thebody 5, and be attached to this position by means of suitable bolts. Itwill be appreciated that the figureis now practically completed, and itis only necessary in the embodiment illustrated for theoperator toattach the tail 18 to the body and to subsequently close the openingthrough which he has been working by applying the saddle 9 to the seat13 it being noted in this connection that I preferably secure the saddlein position by associating a lug 19 with the same, which lug hooks belowthe seat 13 and serves to firmly retain the saddlein position when thebolt 20 is applied.

It will further be seen reference being had to Figure 4 that I haveshown a figure of a horse in standing position, and assuming, as wasbrought out in the objects of this invention, that an operator finds itdesirable to alter the appearanceof the same to simulate the appearanceof a galloping horse, it will be understood that this may readily beaccomplished by simply'detaching the saddle 9, thus enabling an operatorto detach the head and limbs, subsequent to which the head and limbsshown in Figure 8 may be substituted. V 7

Also it -will be obvious that in the event of breakage it will notbenecessary to replace the entire figure,,as .one part of the same mayreadily be detached and rcplaced with a new figure, although the dangerof breakage Wlll be reduced to a minimum, in that I preferably form thisfigure figure, and that numerous modifications of.

structure might readily be resorted to without in the least departingfrom the spirit of my invention, which I claim as:

A figure including. a body portion having an opening in the top thereof,a second opening in the forward end thereof and a "plurality of openingsin the bottom thereof,

seats surrounding said second and plurality of openings, a head sectionhaving a seat engaging said second opening, legsections each having aseat engageable with a seat of one of said plurality of openings, aplurality of fastening means detachably 'engageablewith the variousabutting seats to secure said head and leg sections to said bodyportion, the first named opening in the top of said body portion forminga means of ingress to the interor of the body portion and beingsolocated with respect to the remaining openings in said body portion asto permit of the fastening means being attached "to said seats from theinterior of said body portion, and a saddle detachably mounted in saidfirst named opening. 7 7 Q WILLIAM- FREDERICK MANGELS.

be appreciated that the in-

